Re: Mailing list archives
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> Hi Nadim,
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>> On Dec 20, 2015, at 11:40 AM, Nadim Bundhoo <nadim_at_devisprox.com> wrote:
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>> Hello all,
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>>> On 19 December 2015 at 22:28, Yash Maudhoo <yashmaudhoo_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> If some of you believe that the public archive may be the source from where spammers are getting your email from, then I'm pretty sure that if we implement a captcha that needs to be solved to reveal email addresses
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>> Captchas are used on forms, not archives / lists.
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>> Well, spammers will find your email address in one way or another (connoted from [1]). Either we use a different email address for mailing lists as suggested here [2], or "THE REAL SOLUTION is to build and use mail-reading tools that learn the reader's preferences, discarding or de-prioritizing mail that the reader is unlikely to care about. Every person can choose what tool(s) they want to use to read their email." [3]
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>> Regards,
>> Nadim Attari
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>> [1] https://www.w3.org/blog/systeam/2008/09/11/email_address_obfuscation/
>> [2] https://support.google.com/groups/answer/46456?hl=en&ref_topic=2459446
>> [3] http://www.toad.com/grokmail/antispam.html
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> Actually captcha can be used anywhere actually and not necessarily forms. We can use ReCaptcha Mailhide[1] API on the archive. I know we cannot eliminate spamming with just captcha integration but we can at least reduce the number of unconsolidated emails.
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> [1] https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin#mailhide
Regards,
Yash
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